The aim of this course is to introduce students to the current research in privacy enhancing technologies. We will cover topics such as anonymity, censorship resistance, traffic analysis, location privacy, electronic voting, database privacy and private aggregation.
After several introductory lectures by the instructor, the rest of the lectures will be performed by the students, leading a class discussion about a research paper. All students are responsible for reading all papers prior to the lecture and submitting a short summary by email.
Students will also work in groups on an original research project in the area of privacy enhancing technologies. At the end of the course, the groups will present their work for the class and write a conference-quality report. Students are encouraged to work on joint projects with CS563/598CAG; such students will receive 2 credits for ECE598NB and 4 credits for CS563. It is also possible to take the course without a project, earning 2 credits.
| Lectures | 11am-12:15pm, Tue & Thu |
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| Location | 344 MEB |
| Instructor | Nikita Borisov |
| Credits | 4 (with project) or 2 (without a project or with a joint project) |
| Prerequisites | ECE428 / CS425 / CSE424 (Distributed Systems) or equivalent or consent of instructor |
| 2 credits | 4 credits | |
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| Paper Summaries | 25% | 10% |
| Paper Presentation | 75% | 30% |
| Project | N/A | 60% |